[b]Alpha and Omega by Israel & New Breed[/b]

[jehovahpraize]

My 1st Chord Post.  Very powerful song, off the "Alive in South Africa"


Alpha and Omega
Israel & New Breed

MM= 72

LH/RH
single notes/Chords

Db/Db    You
Db/Ebm      are
Db/Db          Al
/Db          pha
Db/Ebm     and
/Db      O
Db/Ebm    me
Db/Db         ga

/Db          We
Eb/Ebm      wor
/Ebm       ship
/Ebm           You
/Ebm         our
Ab/Db          Lord
Ab/Bbm     You
/Bbm           are
Ab/Ab        wor
Bb/Bbm      thy
C/Ab           to
/Ab             be
Db/Db    praised
(x2)

Db/Db          We
Db/Bb          give
C/FAC           You
Bb/Bb           all
Ab/Ab           the
Gb/Gb          glo
F/Db             ry
F/Db             we
Gb/Gb          wor
Gb/Ebm        ship
Bb/Ebm         You
Bb/Ebm         our
Ab/Db         Lord
Bb/Db             You
Bb/Db             are
Ab/Ab           wor
Ab/Bb           thy
Ab/GbCEb      to
Ab/GbCEb      be
Db/Db             praised
(x2)

Ending


Db/Db                  We
C/Bbm                 give
F/F                       you
Bb/DbFBbDb(x4)     all
Ab/CEbAbC(x2)       the
Gb/BbDbGbBb (x2)  glo
F/AbDbFAb (x3)         ry
F/AbDbFAb             We
Gb/BbDbGbBb         wor
Gb/Ebm                ship
Eb/Ebm                 you
/Ebm                   our
Ab/Db                  Lord
Ab/Db                   You
/Db                       are
AbAb/Ab                 wor
BbBb/Bbm              thy
CC/Ab                     to
AbAb/Ab                 be
Db/Db                   praised
(repeat several times)

Throughout this song, find the chord inversion that works best for you.  Hope this blesses someone.  LGM has been a blessing to me.

[drambo]

Thanks for the post. And I agree with you this is a powerful song on a powerful CD. Big Ups to Jehovahpraize!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PROSTR8]

THANK YOU so much for this!!!

I ABSOLUTELY LOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEE this song!!!

I know he gave us TWO CD's worth of music.......but I play this song OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER.

It's a testament to the fact that some of the most POWERFUL songs can be the most simplistic in lyrics and music stylings......no VAMPS, no COMPLEX chording or unbelievable riffs.

Now that's how you RAZE a HYMN!!!!

My other favorite off of this CD is SURELY....the last song on the first CD.

But I ALPHA and OMEGA just does it for me.

He said it was a hymn from ZIMBABWE.  This really makes me want to explore more songs like this from Africa.  I recently participated in a wedding where the groom was African and they had a full traditional African pre-wedding celebration, and the most enjoyable aspect for me was the way they sung a lot of hymns thorughout the ceremony....same hymns one would find in a traditional hymnal...but they sung them differently.  I'm wondering if the ALPHA  and OMEGA hymn is actually of European origin and transplanted to ZIMBABWE as a result of colonialism.  No matter....they made into something beautiful.

[joejay]

Just to respond to the previous writer, the song was not a European compossition, its an original cut by one Erasmus Mutambira from Zimbabwe. It has however travelled throughout churches over the years and has been loved and treated like a hymn.

I'm from Zimbabwe.

[PROSTR8]

Just to respond to the previous writer, the song was not a European compossition, its an original cut by one Erasmus Mutambira from Zimbabwe. It has however travelled throughout churches over the years and has been loved and treated like a hymn.

I'm from Zimbabwe.

Thanks for this information.  Do you know of any CDs available where I can hear more original HYMNS from ZIMBABWE or other parts of the African continent? :?:

[meadowman]

Excellent Job with this Chording!

[jehovahpraize]

Excellent Job with this Chording!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[markeyz]

We sing this in our praise team. I can't wait to play these chords. Thanks for posting them.

[CESharp]

Talk about a song that makes your stomach ball up and your brain (medulla oblongata, cerebellum, cerebum) go off in another world....................

I just don't know what to say about it..........when I hear it and play it over and over and over again, I tune out er'thing around me.

POWERFUL, POWERFUL, POWERFUL!!!
Thank you for the post!

[dwest1985]

this song just takes me to another place. if Im in my car I MUST pull over cuz I get so full, and now that imma learn how to play it, I dont know what imma do. THANK YA LORD! 

[skymegatoronto]

I know this post starting early this year, but now you can get a chord or music book for this entire album at most Christian book stores.

I just got the DVD of this event in South Africa. What a production!!!!

Peace